3 years ago, I blew the gearbox on my UK turbo.

Tonight I was clearing out the garage, and decide to disect the wreckage!

Bits of gear-teeth everywhere!

 

did it have big bhp?
did a good job of it though hats off to the man

 

No, it was a standard 215bhp 1999T reg, with a Revolution exhaust and downpipe, and that was it!

Hence I was very surprised......no, that's not the word.....GUTTED is the word!

Cost me £550 for a second hand box and about another £150 for fitting!

 

looks a mess

 

not the wife

 

I wonder if this was a problem with T reg gearboxs as i shredded 3rd gear in mine.. again standard apart from D Cat and Prodrive Box... mmmm

 

standard WTF i was expecting (poss hoping) you would say it had big
bhp. I am now worried about mine but it is 1998 r-reg i think i am
going to lose more hair over this

 

3rd gear went in mine aswell, standard UK 97 P reg with full decat. That was the only thing that ever went wrong with it in 5 years tho so it wasn't too bad.

 

Mines a 1999 T reg think I'll stop using 3rd from now on

 

Thanks for highlighting the damaged parts; be tricky to see what's wrong otherwise...

 

Ha ha, cheek!!

Well you never know....you've got to cater for the muppets!!

Yes, this was 3rd gear that went on mine too. It went sort of buzzy, and so I knew something was wrong, so I missed out 3rd gear in an attempt to get home but even missing it out didn't help, it made a serious bang and left me stranded on the Kilmarnock by-pass!!!